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    Bug extracting from ZIP etc using Extract here with PA 22.00.09
    Brian GregoryB

    For example:
    Download this ZIP file: http://dslstats.me.uk/files/dslstats32W-6.5.zip
    Everything in the ZIP file is in a directory “dslstats32W-6.5”.
    However when I extract using right click “Extract Here” the name of the directory created is “2W-6.5” !
    I am running PA 22.00.09 on Windows 11. I have seen the same happen with some other kinds of archive too.

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    PA2023: Portable version missing?
    A

    Hello!
    Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
    (When) do you plan to release one?
    Thanks!

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    Windows 11 bug in PA 22.00.09
    Brian GregoryB

    If I compress a folder to a .pa using right click, Compress to folder.pa and use the new Windows 11 menu then the Options, Configuration, Miscellaneous, Use normal relative path setting is always enabled.
    But I like this option disabled so I have to use the old style menu in order to get PA to compress a folder in the way I wish.

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    Missing Icons
    LuxorL

    Just tried using the Modern (Windows 10) Icon set and seeing a few missing icons in both PowerArchiver Burner and PowerArchiver Encryption screens . They are all there in the Minimalistik icon set and the only difference I can see is the former is blue and the latter grey. In version 22.00.9

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    powerarc_2023-09-18_17-01-05.png

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    [BUG] PA2023 still shows red beta icon set in context menu
    BigMikeB

    PA 22.00.09
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    [BUG] License not recognized
    BigMikeB

    PA 22.00.09 shows a nag screen, when I try to open some setting windows. I have already PA 2023 Toolbox and PA shows, that it’s licensed in the info dialog.

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    Some strings are not translated in PA2023
    BigMikeB

    PA 22.00.09

    Some labels in the help toolbar are not translated:
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    MSI release?
    J

    I’m looking forward to deploying PowerArchiver 2023 to my users. Can you tell us when the MSI will be available for download and distribution?

    Thanks.

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    Security vulnerabilities in 7zip / Update for PowerArchiver and PACL libraries?
    BigMikeB

    Hi there,

    there were some security issues fixed in 7zip:
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1165/
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1164/

    As it seems, that PowerArchiver and PACL use the 7zip libraries, could you please update them to the latest version?

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    Virtual Drive
    E

    Hi,

    From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
    But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.

    Thanks

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    Better ZPAQ support
    W

    I noticed that the version of ZPAQ used is older than the latest released 7.15 https://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html also there seems to be a newer fork that adds several features https://github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz

    It would be useful to implement this latest version (it also maintains the same syntax and behavior as the latest official release if used the -715 flag) and add when opening a zpaq file a choice of the version of the files to show (e.g. as dummy folders represented the various versions present). Since any previous changes are stored with this format, it is possible to extract a snapshot of a certain date/version.

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    Bug with "Encrypt Archive" action
    W

    If I open a password-protected zipper file (created with WinRAR but I think that’s irrelevant), open it with PowerArchiver and run “Remove Encryption” on the same file, then reopen it and add a password with “Encrypt Archive,” the resulting archive will be protected with the old ZipCrypto algorithm and not AES as indicated.
    (this can be verified, for example, by trying to open the archive files with Windows Explorer, which does not support the AES algorithm)

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    PA 21.00.18 Action / Test behaves oddly for me on .PA files
    Brian GregoryB

    PA 21.00.18 running on Windows 7 64 bit.
    I made a big .PA file and thought I’d check it was made correctly with Menu / Actions / Test.
    Discovered:
    a) PA always issues a UAC prompt to do this!
    b) PA always says there are many errors in PA files.

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    Unsolved Making .EXE from encrypted .zipx creates a buggy file that doesn't work

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      gui.lherme
      last edited by

      I’m reporting a bug in the SFX module that creates an .exe file that doesn’t extract and shows unexpected behavior.

      Steps to reproduce

      1. Compress files to optimized zipx format with ultra compression and AES 256-bit encryption;

      0_1506780631269_Screenshot_1.png

      1. Put a password. Here I put: password ;

      0_1506780824177_Screenshot_2.png

      1. Select the option Make .EXE file from Actions menu;

      1_1506780824178_Screenshot_3.png

      1. Create the SFX with Default “UnZip To” folder similiar to the screenshot and the checkbox Hide file list CHECKED;

      2_1506780824179_Screenshot_4.png

      1. Try to extract the files;

      3_1506780824179_Screenshot_5.png

      1. It’s a weird and unpractical thing that it will ask for a password for each file instead of using the same pass for all of them. It should be and exception to ask for an other password when some file has a different one.
        So, type in the password. My pw is password as I stated before;

      4_1506780824179_Screenshot_6.png

      1. Strangely, it will keep asking the password for the same file over and over. You will have to skip or cancel. Skipping it will eventually lead to the same error below, so let’s cancel it;

      5_1506780824179_Screenshot_7.png

      1. When you cancel, it will give a Incorrect Password error;

      6_1506780824179_Screenshot_8.png

      1. Remember that we CHECKED Hide file list when we created the SFX file? Now, as well as the dialog being completely bugged, 2 of the 3 files now are apearing in this list that never should have appeared.

      7_1506780824179_Screenshot_9.png

      I will leave here links to the original .zipx file and the .exe I created.
      Remember that the password is just password.

      Pictures.zipx
      Pictures.exe

      PowerArchiver version used:
      0_1506782667334_version.png

      Also, there’s one more bug I found out. If you add a file to that same archive that has some russian characters in the name, the SFX file list will show weird characters instead of the correct file name. Look:

      1. I used a file named рисунок-арт-красивые-картинки-удалённое-1710969.jpeg ;

      0_1506783164166_Screenshot_10.png

      1. Created a new SFX file, this time with Hide file list UNCHECKED on purpose. This is how the russian file name was presented:

      0_1506783221404_Screenshot_11.png

      Based on what I saw, it seems for me that the SFX creator module is in need of some work, looks kinda abandoned and outdated. The question mark button on the title bar ( ? ) also didn’t do anything for me, the cursor changed for a question mark but it didn’t work for anything.

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        spwolf conexware @gui.lherme
        last edited by

        @gui-lherme Hello, indeed, make sfx uses old code… Please use SFX Wizard to create SFX Archives.

        It will use 7zip format for better compression.

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          spwolf conexware @gui.lherme
          last edited by

          @gui-lherme And thanks for nice big report. For make sfx in zip, we use tiny assambler code to minimize the size of sfx. Adding all of the zipx format support would make it as big as 7zip sfx. So it is much better to use 7zip sfx, since it will also lower the size of archive.

          For near future, we are looking into supporting PA SFX, which gives more options, is more secure.

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            gui.lherme
            last edited by

            My suggestion to completely rework the SFX module. Take as an example the WinRAR’s SFX generator module; it’s pretty decent and very customizable. I think that PowerArchiver SFX is currently very poor and deserves a lot of work.

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            • spwolfS
              spwolf conexware @gui.lherme
              last edited by

              @gui-lherme said in Making .EXE from encrypted .zipx creates a buggy file that doesn't work:

              My suggestion to completely rework the SFX module. Take as an example the WinRAR’s SFX generator module; it’s pretty decent and very customizable. I think that PowerArchiver SFX is currently very poor and deserves a lot of work.

              Indeed, as mentioned, we will create .PA SFX module for next release. It will use PA or 7z format, not ZIP, since there are no benefits of using zip sfx over pa/7z.

              Thanks.

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                gui.lherme @spwolf
                last edited by

                @spwolf Ok, sounds interesting. Make sure to rework the SFX interface and make it very customizable, so we can distribute professional looking installers.

                Thanks

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